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I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

William Blake

And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
WILLIAM BLAKE

Genius Gratitude Honesty Present
Knowledge is Life with wings
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Knowledge Life Wings
For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Dance God Hands Myself Sing Wings
The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.
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Animal Black Thinking
The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
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Flower Heaven Moon Night Silence Smile
Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently invisibly.
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Love Seek Silence
If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out.
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Doubt Moon Sun
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Destruction Eyes Forever Greatness Man Sea Storm
Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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Connection People
I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
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Accomplishment Myself Spirit
Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion
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Law Prison Religion
What is now proved was once only imagined.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Imagination Theory
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.
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Enemy Friendship Heart Pain
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.
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Enough Philosophy Road Wisdom
He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise.
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Forever Himself Joy Kiss Sunrise
If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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Forever Love

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